
Jackie Gamboa
Ph.D. Chemistry & Producer
The Big Electron Podcast
Columbia, MO USA
“[In my research] I am always trying things that don’t work. You learn to fail, embrace it, and then try again the next day.”
The Big Electron Podcast
Columbia, MO USA
“[In my research] I am always trying things that don’t work. You learn to fail, embrace it, and then try again the next day.”
Ph.D. Chemistry & Producer
I am a research scientist studying DNA damage and the host of "The Big Electron" podcast.
The best part about my job is that I never have a same day, it's always challenging coming up with new ideas. My main tasks are to do experiments trying to see what causes DNA damage and how to observe it. Granted I have to run many controls and side experiments to make sure that I'm actually observing what I think I have. So I have to prove myself and other scientists that my work is worth it!
Here's the first step for college students
Don't let professors / peers / other students deviate you from your dream job. Go into undergrad research, summer internships, volunteer, but also one summer do something completely out of the "norm," it will challenge you and make you think differently.
"You should go to grad school and become a professor."
Paths made possible by a doctoral degree